Larss and Duclos photographs, 1899-1912
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Photographer
- Larss and Duclos
- Title
- Larss and Duclos photographs
- Dates
- 1899-1912 (inclusive)18981910
- Quantity
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93 photographic prints (1 box)
20 glass negatives (1 box)
43 nitrate negatives (1 box) - Collection Number
- PH0306
- Summary
- Photographs of town of Dawson and surrounding areas, Yukon Territory, 1899-1912
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
The partnership of Per Edward Larss and Joseph E.N. Duclos was formed in Dawson in August 1899 after acquiring the business of E.A. Hegg which was originally started in 1898. In 1904 Larss withdrew from the partnership and Duclos continued the business until 1912. Besides portrait work, they carried thousands of views in stock including scenes along the White Pass, around Dyea, Skagway, Bennett and Whitehorse.
Content Description
The collection includes Dawson town life, celebrations, business establishments, street scenes, group portraits of miners and residents, dogsleds, mining claims, winter scenes, and steamers.
Use of the Collection
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Restrictions on Use
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Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Dawson, Yukon Territory
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Landscapes
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Description: Dawson City with tent encampments in foreground and Yukon River in backgroundDates: between 1899 and 1912Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 1
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Description: Aerial view of Dawson City from the Midnight Dome looking south
Written on photo: Larss & Duclos Succ[esso]rs to Hegg & Co.
Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 2 -
Description: Panorama of Dawson City with Yukon River in background
Date written on photo August 1897, but Duclos and Larss did not arrive in Dawson until 1898. Possibly error in date or copied by Larss and Duclos.
Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 3 -
Description: Girl with dogs on rocky outcrop over riverDates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 4
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Dates: 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 5
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Dates: 1902Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 6
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Steamboats
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Description: Sternwheeler John J. Healy docked in DawsonDates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 7
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Description: Sternwheeler Victorian boarding passengers in Dawson for trip to Whitehorse (Larss & Duclos 42)Dates: July 8, 1899Container: 1/2, Item 8
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Dates: June 3, 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 9
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Description: Sternwheel steamboat and tug boat docked at Caribou Crossing, Yukon Territory
Caribou Crossing renamed Carcross in 1902.
Dates: 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 10
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Town Scenes
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Description: Exterior of Good Samaritan Hospital buildingDates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 11
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Description: Grave of Willie Stott surrounded by wood fence
Grave marker reads: At Rest Willie Stott Died Nov. 11 1898.
Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 12 -
Dates: 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 13
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Dates: July 4, 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 14
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Description: Interior of Arctic Brotherhood Hall stage decorated with flags and bunting
Written on photo: A.B. Hall's Elaborate Decorations by the Dawson Aerie No. 50 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Honor of the Tenth Anniversary of the Founding of the Order.
Dates: February 6, 1908Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 15 -
Description: Avery home and backyard garden
Sign on door in photo: The Avery Backyard Garden. Dawson [illeg.] August 11th, 1909.
Dates: August 1909Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 16
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Description: Outdoor religious ceremony, possibly First Communion, including procession of girls and boys in formal wear and bower over alter
Written on photo: Mission Procession Dawson.
Dates: July 14, 1912Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 17 -
Groups
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Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 18
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Description: Group of female prostitutes in street holding wood-cutting tools
Written on photo: A Group of Hard Workers, Dawson, Y.T.
Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 19 -
Description: Chef and kitchen staff at Fairview Hotel kitchenDates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 20
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Description: Group of men assaying gold in general store (Larss & Duclos 37)
Written on photo: Paying with Gold Dust.
Dates: Fall 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 21a-b -
Description: Group of men and women outside Palace Grand Theatre with band members on balcony and women looking out windows
Written on verso: Savoy Theatre; this is Palace Grand Theatre, Dawson. Name was changed to Savoy in 1900 and in 1901 to the "auditorium." Built by Charles Meadows in 1899 and opened in July 1899.
Dates: between 1899 and 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 22 -
Description: Group of men and women outside Palace Grand Theatre and on balcony where banner hangs reading "Savoy Theatre"
Palace Grand Theatre renamed Savoy Theatre in 1900; renamed Savoy Auditorium in 1901.
Dates: 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 23 -
Description: Men with teams of horses and mules hitched to wagons on street in front of "Jas. E. Wilson Freighter" buildingDates: 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 24
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Description: Group of men with pack horses on street in front of building (Larss & Duclos 36)
Written on photo: A "Wash Up" from 14 & 15 Eldorado Consisting of 1/4 million.
Dates: 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 25 -
Dates: 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 26
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Description: Group portrait of men in winter wear outside People's Party Headquarters for municipal election
Written on photo (visible on glass plate negative): ...of the First Municipal Election Held in Dawson, Y.T. February 6th, 1902. H.G. Macauley, Mayor. ...H.O. Norquay, Jas. F. Mcdonald, Geo. Murphy, P. Vachon, Thomas Adair and T.G. Wilson, Aldermen.
Dates: February 6, 1902Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 27 -
Description: Group of men and women at banquet
Written on photo: Geo. Snell's Bridal Party at the White House.
Dates: October 3, 1906Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 28 -
Description: Uniformed Renzoni and Regina hockey team members in front of Dawson Amateur Athletic Association (D.A.A.A.) buildingDates: April 1910Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 29
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Dates: April 1910Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 30
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Town Celebrations
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Dates: July 4, 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 31
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Description: Crowd on Front Street for the Dawson Daily News Big Mining Edition Parade
Likely an E.A. Hegg photograph, copied by Larss and Duclos.
Dates: October 3, 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 32 -
Dates: October 21, 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 33
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Description: Marching band in front of N.A.T. & T. Co. building for grand opening of department storeDates: October 21, 1899Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 34
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Dates: May 24, 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 35
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Performances
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Description: Tableau on stage at Palace Grand Theater with orchestra in pit below and British flag as stage backdrop
Written on photo: Tableau Representing Great Britain and Her Colonies at a Concert Given in Aid of the Widows and Orphans Created by the War with the Transvaal, Palace Grand. Flashlight Photo.
Dates: February 15, 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 36 -
Description: Arctic Brotherhood Dramatic Club on stage in costume for performance of The Island of Kokomolo
Written on photo: Flash Photo. By Duclos.
Dates: between 1904 and 1912Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 37 -
Description: Costumed cast of Gilbert and Sullivan's opera Patience
Written on photo: Chorus And Principals Opera "Patience" April 24 25 & 26th, Dawson Y.T.
Dates: April 1905Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Item 38
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Yukon Field Force Drills
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Dates: 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Item 39-41
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Dog Sledding
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Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 42
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Description: Musher with dog sled carrying woman bundled in furs next to Larss and Duclos studio in Dawson (Larss & Duclos 4)Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 43
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Description: Musher with dog sled carrying woman bundled in fursDates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 44
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Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 45
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Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 46
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Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 47-48
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Description: Musher with dog sled on snow covered groundDates: 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 49-51
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Description: Men with dog sleds in snow covered forest
Written on photo: Traveling on the Creeks in the Klondyke at 60 Below Zero.
Dates: 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 52 -
Description: Men with dog sleds on snow covered ground in front of river
Written on photo: Returning from the "Hunt" in the Rocky Mountains, Klondyke District.
Dates: April 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Item 53a-b
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Gold Mining
Mining claims were referred to as a claim number "above" or "below," e.g. "12 Above" meaning claim number 12 above discovery of gold on the river or creek claim was located.
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Adams Hill
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Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Item 54a-b
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Bonanza Creek
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Description: Two miners next to rocker box on claim along Bonanza Creek
Written on photo: [illeg.] Bonanza Right Limit.
Dates: between 1899 and 1912Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 55 -
Description: Miners at McLaughlin, Collins & McCrorie claim along Bonanza Creek
Written on photo: Bench [illeg.] 6 Bonanza Left[?] Limit owned by McLaughlin Collins & McCrorie.
Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 56 -
Description: Miners with rocker box at claim on Cheechako Hill along Bonanza Creek
Written on photo: Rupert's Claim Chee Char Cho Hill Opposite No. 1 Bonanza L.L.
Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 57 -
Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 58
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Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 59
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Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 60
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Description: Miners at work around trench and sluice boxes at W.M. Cowley's claim No. 22 Above along Bonanza Creek
Written on photo: No. 22 Above on Bonanza Showing Pay Streak. W.M. Cowley's Claim.
Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 61 -
Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Item 62
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Eldorado Creek
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Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 63
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Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 64
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Description: Tents surrounding sluice boxes and large gravel pit of A.F. Stander's claim No. 4 along Eldorado CreekDates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 65
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Description: Miners below trusses for sluice boxes of A.F. Stander's claim No. 4 along Eldorado CreekDates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 66
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Description: Miners with cart in front of sluice boxes on C.J. Berry's claim No. 6 along Eldorado CreekDates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 67
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Dates: 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 68
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Dates: 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 69
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Description: Large pay dirt piles on Claim No. 27 along Eldorado Creek in winter
From attached material: Beside the shaft are shown piles of pay dirt to be sluiced as soon as the spring thaw brought water from thawing glaciers and snow banks.
Dates: 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Item 70
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Hunker Creek
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Dates: 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Item 71
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Description: Man standing below ground beside ladder covered in snow and ice on C.J. Johanson's claim No. 9 Below along Hunker Creek
Written on photo: The Golden Ladder on 9 Below Hunker [illeg.] C.J. Johanson's.
Dates: 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Item 72
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Klondike River
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Dates: November 7, 1909Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Item 73
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Sulphur Creek
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Description: Miners on gravel pile beside sluice box on Claim No. 18 Below along Sulphur Creek
Written on verso: T. Mokelbust Claim, 18 Below Discovery, Sulphur Creek.
Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/14, Item 74 -
Description: Group of men eating meal at tables indoors on G.P. Sprowl's claim No. 36 along Sulphur CreekDates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/14, Item 75
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Unidentified Mining Areas
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Description: Pack horse in front of bench mine claimDates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Item 76
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Description: Tents in front of bench mine claimDates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Item 77
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Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Item 78
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Description: Man turning crank of windlass in snow
Written on photo: Turning the Wheel of Fortune in the Klondyke at 60 Below Zero.
Dates: March 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Item 79a-c -
Description: Governor General of Canada's visit to the Klondike showing group of men and women on horseback with mine in background
Written on photo: The Earl and Lady Minto and Party at J.D. McGillivray's Mine [illeg.]
Dates: August 15, 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Item 80 -
Description: Dirt piles and buildings of Robinson's claim along river
Possibly A.W. Robinson's claim No. 2 Above on Upper Dominion Creek.
Dates: 1902Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Item 81
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Winter Scenes
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Dates: 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Item 82
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Dates: 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Item 83
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Description: Men with horse and sled crossing partially frozen Klondike River
Written on photo: Crossing the Klondyke Under Difficulties Just Before the Breaking of Ice.
Dates: Spring 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Item 84 -
Dates: October 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Item 85
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Dates: October 1900Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Item 86
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Description: Man and woman in horse-drawn sledDates: 1901Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Item 87
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Portraits
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Dates: between 1899 and 1904Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Item 88
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Geographical Names
- Dawson (Yukon)--Photographs
- Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)--Photographs
